Representation of the People Act 2000
- Representation of the People Act 2000
The Representation of the People Act 2000 changes the British electoral process in the following ways:
* Amends the 1983 Representation of the People Act.
* Introduces postal voting 'on demand'.
* Allows psychiatric hospitals to be used as a registration address.
* Requires additional assistance for disabled voters, particularly visually impaired voters.
* Introduces new regulations with regard to the access, sale and supply of electoral registers.
Following this act, the Department for Constitutional Affairs introduced and passed through parliament the Electoral Administration Act 2006 which made further alterations to the UK electoral processes.
External links
* [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/20000002.htm Representation of the People Act 2000] , full text from the OPSI.
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